MATEMATİK VE PSİKOLOJİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ ÖĞRETİM AMAÇLI SOSYAL MEDYA KULLANIMINA İLİŞKİN GÖRÜŞLERİNİN ARAŞTIRILMASI

Bu nitel çalışma, Matematik ve Psikoloji öğretmen adaylarının; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Blog gibi Sosyal Medya Ortamlarının öğretim amaçlı kullanımı hakkındaki görüşlerini incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Bu sosyal medya ortamları en popüler olanları oldukları için seçilmiştir. Araştırmaya 20 Matematik ve 22 Psikoloji öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Veriler odak grup görüşmeleri aracılığı ile toplanmıştır (3 grup Matematik öğretmen adayları, 3 grup Psikoloji öğretmen adayları). Her görüşme yaklaşık 30 - 35 dakika sürmüştür. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, tüm öğretmen aday grupları Facebook, YouTube ve Blogları öğretim amaçlı kullanmaya çok olumlu yaklaşırken, Instagram’ın öğretim amaçlı kullanımına çoğunlukla olumlu yaklaşmışlarıdır (2 matematik grubu ve 2 psikoloji grubu). Bununla birlikte, bir matematik grubu ve bir psikoloji grubu öğretmen adayları dışında, diğer gruplar Twitter'ı öğretim amacıyla kullanmaya olumsuz yaklaşmışlardır. Öğretmen aday grupları çoğunlukla görüşlerinin nedenlerini, bu ortamların yeteneklerine ve sınırlamalarına dayandırdıklarını belirttiler. Öğretmen aday grupları bu ortamları çoğunlukla dersleri için gruplar oluşturarak, öğretim materyali paylaşımı için kullandıklarını belirtti. Çalışma, bu ortamların sadece eğitim materyali paylaşmak amacıyla kullanımı konusundaki görüşleri oldukça tutucu olduğundan, öğretmen adaylarının sosyal medya ortamlarını eğitim amaçlı kullanımına ilişkin farklı deneyimler önermiştir,

INVESTIGATION OF MATH AND PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER CANDIDATES’ OPINIONS ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA USE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES

This qualitative study aimed to investigate Math and Psychology teacher candidates’ opinions about the use of Social Media Environments, namely, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs, for Instructional purposes.  These social media environments were selected because they were the most popular ones. 20 math and 22 Psychology teacher candidates were participated to the study. The data were collected through focus group interviews (3 groups of Math teacher candidate and 3 groups of Psychology teacher candidates). Each interviews were lasted about 30 – 35 minutes. According to the results, the all teacher candidate groups were very positive to use Facebook, YouTube, and Blogs use for instructional purposes while they (2 math groups and 2 psychology groups) were mostly positive to use Instagram for instructional purposes. However, out of one math group and one psychology group teacher candidates, other groups were negative to use of Twitter for Instructional purposes. The teacher candidate groups mostly pointed out the reasons of their opinions based on the capabilities and limitations of these environments. The teacher candidate groups mostly stated that they would use these environments for instructional material sharing by creating groups for their classes. The study suggested to provide specific experiences for teacher candidates about the use of social media environments for educational purposes since their views very conservative about just using these environments to share instructional materials.

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APA Sancar Tokmak, H. & Dağlı, Z. (2019). INVESTIGATION OF MATH AND PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER CANDIDATES’ OPINIONS ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA USE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES . Journal of Advanced Education Studies , 1 (1) , 68-78 .